A compilation of 3 annuals comprising 2 Annual Puja Number issues and 1 Independence Number issue from 1947 by Amrita Bazar Patrika
The present lot is a compilation of 3 annuals comprising 2 Annual Puja Number issues and 1 Independence Number issue from 1947 by Amrita Bazar Patrika
Annual Puja Number, 252 pages
Independence Number, 250 pages
Annual Puja Number, 192 pages
Contemporary half leather bound with gilt text at the spine
28 x 21.5 x 5 cm
This compilation has the rare Independence Number from 1947 and includes an eight-page supplement of Congress Presidents from 1885 to 1947 and That’s How We Have Fought with cartoons by Prafulla Chandra Lahiri, the cartoonist famously known as Piciel and later Kafi Khan. The contents of this issue include:-
India's Charter of Freedom
India's Independence Pledge
A New Order by Sri Aurobindo
Indian Union Seal
Flag of Free India
Sixty Years of Congress by Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya
This Day, Aug. 15, 1947 by Dr Krishnalal Shridharani
India and the World by Krishna Hutheesing
The Challenge of Independence by Dr Syud Hossain
Freedom Has Come by Acharya J B Kripalani
Free India Takes Her Place in One World by Horace Alexander
Some15th August Reflections by Dr Sachchidananda Sinha
The Pessimist by G L M
Essentials of Future Economic Policy by N R Sarker
Dominion Status, Or Independence by Dr Dhirendra Nath Sen
States And -Independent India by Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya
British Conquest of India
Partition of Bengal (1905 & 1947) by Hemendra Prosad Ghosh
Non-Co-operation by K P B
Civil Disobedience by R N C
Quit India by Dr Anil Chandra Banerjea
1942 Revolution in Bengal by Satyen Sen Gupta
1942 Revolution in N. W. F. P. by R C
1942 Revolution in Punjab by Ramlal Chadha
1942 Revolution in Assam by Hem Barua
Revolt in Surma Valley by Kedarnath Bhattacharyya
1942 Revolution in Maharashtra by S M Joshi
1942 Revolution in Bihar by Jagat Narain ILal
1942 Revolution in C. P. by Dindayal Cupta
1942 Revolution in U. P. by Satyendranath Sanyal
1942 Revolution in Bombay by Usha Mehta
1942 Revolution in Orissa by S N Dutt
1942 Revolution in Sind by Choitram Gidwani
Tagore's Last Testament
History of the Calcutta High Court by Sachin Das Cupta
Revolutionary Movement in Bengal by Arun Chandra Guha
Chittagong Armoury Raid by Ganesh Ghosh
In Memory of Chittagong by Lokenath Bal
Meerut Communist Conspiracy by Muzufar Ahmad
The Evolution of Muslim League Politics by Prof. Benoyendra Mohan Chowahury
Deenabandhu C. F. Andrews by Marjorie Sykes
Netajis Last Testament
The Indian, National Army in East Asia by Col. G S Dhillon
Durga Puja in West Bengal is a cultural celebration that has evolved from a religious festival to a celebration of art and culture. The Bengali literati, which includes novels, short stories, fiction, essays, poems, paintings, plays, and more, floods the market with colorful festival publications as autumn approaches. This tradition began in 1879 when Sulabh Samachar, a Bengali weekly, first published a Puja-special literary supplement with a dozen extra articles. Anandabazar Patrika, the first English daily to publish a Pujo sankhya as a separate well-edited magazine, printed as many as 30,000 copies in 1935.
The trend of publishing festive editions spread to English newspapers, with Kolkata-based Amrita Bazar Patrika becoming the first English daily to publish a Puja-special supplement in 1940.
The Statesman Festival Number from The Statesman House in the 1960s challenged this pattern, with the inclusion of talents across India lifting the merit of these issues. Between 1996 and 1999, Kolkata had three mainstream English-language newspapers, all of which used to come up with excellent Puja-special issues.
English Durga Puja special issues are now part of Bengal’s Puja heritage, with articles on fashion, food, fitness, and quizzes.